Monitoring the Session

SB 1512

bill making Free Trade International Bridge routes run both ways

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Adam HinojosaRSenate 27

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Permit routes run both directions now, not just outward.

The bill changes one Brownsville-area permit route rule so the routes tied to the Free Trade International Bridge run in both directions instead of only from the bridge outward. It touches the Texas Transportation Commission, a border-county port authority that issues oversize and overweight truck permits, and the haulers who use those permits. On the ground, permitted heavy trucks get a designated direct route both to and from the bridge and the listed port, industrial park and airport entrances, starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Feb 20, 2025 and referred to the Senate Transportation committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB1512 · 2025-02-20

SOLD BY

Sen. Adam HinojosaRSenate 27

ITEM

relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain counties.

WHAT IT DOES

Permit routes run both directions now, not just outward.

The bill changes one Brownsville-area permit route rule so the routes tied to the Free Trade International Bridge run in both directions instead of only from the bridge outward. It touches the Texas Transportation Commission, a border-county port authority that issues oversize and overweight truck permits, and the haulers who use those permits. On the ground, permitted heavy trucks get a designated direct route both to and from the bridge and the listed port, industrial park and airport entrances, starting September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Transportation
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Adam Hinojosa

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$100KMayes Middleton$34,597Greg Abbott Campaign$33K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to May 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$100,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$100,000.00

Cash
$100,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$100,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 28, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989239.

Mayes Middleton$34,596.72
Greg Abbott Campaign$33,489.82

Greg Abbott Campaign

$33,489.82

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$33,489.82
Total
$33,489.82
travel $16,942.43text $12,002.83event $4,544.56

Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 29, 2024 to Sep 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Nov 12, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989239.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$100,000.00

Cash
$100,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$100,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Oct 28, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989239.

×

Greg Abbott Campaign

$33,489.82

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$33,489.82
Total
$33,489.82
travel $16,942.43text $12,002.83event $4,544.56

Also funds 9 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Oct 29, 2024 to Sep 2, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Nov 12, 2024. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100989239.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Feb 20, 2025

03/06/2025 S Referred to Transportation

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Senate committee · Transportation · Final status: Died in committee

Companion

HB 3678 by Lopez, Janie (identical)

Subjects

Vehicles & Traffic--Rules of Road

PERMITS

VEHICLE WEIGHT LIMITS & ENFORCEMENT

TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, TEXAS

Text

The text as introduced · 269 words

89R13403 CXP-F

By: Hinojosa of Nueces
S.B. No. 1512

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the route designation for the issuance of a permit for

the movement of oversize and overweight vehicles in certain

counties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 623.219(a), Transportation Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) For a permit issued by a port authority located in a

county that borders the United Mexican States, the commission

shall, with the consent of the port authority, designate the most

direct route [ from ]:

(1) from the Gateway International Bridge or the

Veterans International Bridge at Los Tomates to the entrance of the

Port of Brownsville using State Highways 48 and 4 or United States

Highways 77 and 83 or using United States Highway 77 and United

States Highway 83, East Loop Corridor, and State Highway 4; and

(2) between the Free Trade International Bridge and

[ to ]:

(A) the entrance of the Port of Brownsville using

Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highways 77 and 83,

Farm-to-Market Road 511, State Highway 550, and East Loop (State

Highway 32);

(B) the eastern entrance of the Port of Harlingen

using Farm-to-Market Road 509, United States Highway 77 Business,

and Farm-to-Market Road 1846;

(C) the western entrance of the Port of Harlingen

using Farm-to-Market Roads 509 and 106;

(D) the southern entrance of the Harlingen

Industrial Park using Farm-to-Market Road 509; and

(E) the southern entrance of the Harlingen

Aerotropolis at Valley International Airport using Farm-to-Market

Road 509.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.